trichogyne
trichogyne noun: the slender, hair-like cell which receives the fertilizing particles, or antherozoids, in female red algae, lichens and fungi.
Noun
trichogyne (plural trichogynes)
- The slender, hair-like cell which receives the fertilizing particles, or antherozoids, in female red algae, lichens and fungi.
- Ascodesmis is a third type which might be derived either directly or through the erysiphaceous type from an endomycetous ancestor; the antheridium and oogonium are but little differentiated, but the latter is furnished with a trichogyne and becomes septate after fertilization; the ascogenous hyphae...2010, Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, Fungi: Ascomycetes, Ustilaginales, Uredinales, page 54
Forms of trichogyne
| plural | trichogynes |
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Origin of trichogyne
French, from Ancient Greek θρίξ (thríx, “hair”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “female”)
Questions about trichogyne
- What does trichogyne mean?
- Trichogyne means the slender, hair-like cell which receives the fertilizing particles, or antherozoids, in female red algae, lichens and fungi.
- What part of speech is trichogyne?
- Trichogyne is a noun.
- What is the plural of trichogyne?
- The plural of trichogyne is trichogynes.
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